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Feb 26, 2015

Received my first mechanical keyboard today. Loving it so far, despite being a tiny bit disappointed it isn't in fact wireless, but again that was our hopeful assumption. What it is missing that was stated is "Micro USB". Mine has a USB connector, and inside the casing a 5-pin JST connecting it to the PCB. No biggie, but maybe Massdrop should change the description if this re-drops. Notable things I was happy to see was the PCB printed with the direction that the LEDs are supposed to go and overall good look and feel to the keyboard.
[Note to Linux users] I noticed if I unplugged the keyboard then plugged it back into my Arch Linux machine it started acting strange, for example pressing "l" resulted in "jkl". After a bit of tinkering it seems the easiest solution is to press "Fn + F12" (I believe this toggles Apple/Windows mode). Doing "rmmod hid_generic; modprobe hid_generic" is the other alternative, besides rebooting.. It doesn't exhibit this behavior in my Windows 8.1 machine.
Now to find a pack of LEDs and ponder O-rings as well as keycap sets that either include "00" or can make some kind of nice combo with the originals in-place..

Feb 26, 2015

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Feb 26, 2015

pnd4I don't have anything in front of me to verify but I'm pretty sure that's the n-key rollover causing that issue. Pretty sure hitting that key combo switches it to 6-key rollover.

Feb 26, 2015

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Feb 26, 2015

AlexPkYep NKRO seems to be the culprit. I tried mashing a bunch of keys (asdfjkl;) and interestingly enough it triggers the 'capslock' led/function to toggle, as well as make the keyboard stop registering the crazy inputs. Thanks for providing another workaround, heh.
On another note, could you help us figure out the addition of LEDs? I put my multimeter across a few of the the LED holes on the PCB and it saw no voltage. What I assumed was the LED-on/off toggle (Fn + F7) didn't change that.

Feb 26, 2015